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𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐎𝐂’𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 “𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐎𝐂, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐌𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈” AOC’s response to Zohran Mamdani’s socialist slate sweeping all three Democratic congressional primaries in New York this week was to tell everyone to relax: “𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘫𝘢 𝘷𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦.” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) was not buying it. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘈𝘖𝘊, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘡𝘰𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘪.” Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 when the incumbents they backed were beaten by candidates standing further to their left. The party isn’t moderating. It’s accelerating. Lawler made the point about what those three defeated incumbents actually were: 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, but mainstream progressive Democrats backed by the establishment. The socialists who beat them are, by definition, further left than that. Mamdani’s New York City mayoral victory over Andrew Cuomo last year was proof of concept. Tuesday’s congressional sweep was three more. Lawler then offered a look at what the Democratic primary bench now looks like in contested races outside New York: Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine whom Lawler described as having 𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 months ago after it became a campaign liability — and who carries Bernie Sanders’ endorsement. AOC’s reassurance — “𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦” — ignores six years of Democratic primary results showing her ideological wing gaining ground with every cycle. The fear isn’t that AOC got elected. The fear is what she represented was just the beginning. Mamdani is the next step. And there is already a step after Mamdani. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭.